The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #53224   Message #819784
Posted By: Barbara Shaw
06-Nov-02 - 08:19 AM
Thread Name: Mudcat CD Series: Plum
Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Series: Plum
I'll combine what I said above with the lyrics here, so it's all in one place.

For liner notes on "A Waltz For You" performed by Barbara Shaw with ShoreGrass, written by Frank and Barbara Shaw:

Frank originally wrote the first verse of this song to Barbara. She collaborated on the second verse by paraphrasing a stanza from Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."

A Waltz For You
Barbara & Frank Shaw

A waltz for you to listen to
The sweetest one I know
I want to make your ears feel good
Because I love you so
And maybe I can make you laugh
And maybe tap your toe
A waltz for you to listen to
The sweetest one I know.

Many a gem the oceans bear
Of purest ray serene
And many a flower will bloom and grow
In the desert, sight unseen
Some love songs, dear, may go unheard
This one will not be so
A waltz for you to listen to
The sweetest one I know.